May Projects & My Digital Studio

I'm so excited for my May classes.  We'll be making cards and projects for those men in our lives whether it's for a birthday or for Father's Day.

 I was wanting to find a project that would use these empty frappucino bottles.  I've had them in my stamp room for a LONG time, and they needed to be used.  Thanks to an idea on Pinterest and My Digital Studio I came up with this idea for either Father's Day as done here, or for a birthday.

I used the "Rad Dad" and "Father's Day" digital brush set downloads for My Digital Studio and colored and resized them to work for the bottle top and for the jar front.  Then, I printed them out on my printer onto Whisper White card stock (it works great in the printer).  The jar topper is then cut using the Big Shot and the Circles Collection Framelits and the tie is cut out the old-fashioned way with the Paper Snips.

Here's what they looked like before assembly:

The collar is simply a piece of Whisper White card stock, measuring 1" x 5-3/4" and attached using Mini Glue Dots.  The tie is attached the same way.

I needed a graduation card idea, but I don't have any current graduation stamp sets.  However, I do have a digital brush set for My Digital Studio that also happens to be in the Occasions Catalog.  So, once again, I printed out images onto Whisper White card stock and then cut and punched to use them on the front of this great graduation card.

Here is what the images looked like before assembly:

I ended up not using the "congratulations" from the MDS, but instead used the "Happy Graduation" stamp from Teeny Tiny Wishes.

Finally, I wanted a sports related card.  The idea came from a card that I cased from Michelle Suit that was a baseball card.  My good friend, Jen Wade, thought I could use the same idea and make the card a football card.  She was so right!  Thanks, Jen!

Now don't you wish you were coming to my class tonight?  You know, I could hold a class like this one in your home too!  Ask me how.

Christmas Card Buffet

Time is running out to RSVP for this event.  RSVP by October 29th, spots are filling up!

Gotta love the new MDS2 software!   I made this flyer with it.  You can try it out for 30 days FREE!  From my online store, Item #130910.  If you already have My Digital Studio, you can upgrade for only $19.95, #130650.

In Honor of Digital Scrapbooking Day

For Digital Scrapbooking Day, Stampin' Up! is giving away free digital downloads. All you need to do is fill out a survey (see my previous post for the details). The card made below is made using one of the free downloads, Home for the Holidays Ensemble.

Here is the inside of the card. If I were going to send these out, I'd include a photo on the inside of the front (it's included in the cost if you print from My Digital Studio Professional Printing). It's a great way to design your own Christmas cards if you don't have the time to make them all the "old fashioned" way.

Thanks for stopping by.

Just Another Scrappy Saturday

For today's scrappy Saturday post, I dug through my scrap pile and found some Halloween items. This is a super-simple card. The base is Basic Black, the layer on top of that is Pumpkin Pie. The designer series paper is actually printed from My Digital Studio onto Whisper White card stock, it's the Night & Day digital paper. That's one of the great things about the My Digital Studio, you don't have to own the actual paper, you can print what you want, when you want it!

The "boo" is from the Tiny Tags stamp set and the jack-o-lantern is from Jack of all Trades stamp set.

This is a super-simple card. The base is Basic Black, the layer on top of that is Pumpkin Pie. The designer series paper is actually printed from My Digital Studio onto Whisper White card stock, it's the Night & Day digital paper. That's one of the great things about the My Digital Studio, you don't have to own the actual paper, you can print what you want, when you want it!

The "boo" is from the Tiny Tags stamp set and the jack-o-lantern is from Jack of all Trades stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by!

Father's Day Inspiration (and a My Digital Studio newbie too)

Father's Day is just around the corner, so here are a couple of cards to inspire you.

The first one uses a retiring stamp set (those retiring from the 2009-2010 Idea Book & Catalog are only available through June 30th!) called Game Night.

The card base is Basic Gray and the dice image is stamped in the same color ink. The hearts, diamonds, spades & clubs image is stamped using Gong Gray, a color that is retiring this year. The accent on the front of the card is from the All Holidays stamp set, stamped using Going Gray ink onto Whisper White card stock, and backed onto a piece of Real Red card stock. The accent is attached to the card using Stampin' Dimensionals. The final touch is a piece of Real Red 1/4" grosgrain ribbon tied around the front of the card.

This second card is a hybrid card using some elements from the My Digital Studio and traditional stamps and accessories. The image is from the brand-new digital download from My Digital Studio, King of the Grill stamp brush set (#123174, $3.95). This is also available as a stamp set in the Summer Mini Catalog (#121707 in wood mount, $18.95, or #120066 in clear mount, $14.95).

To make the card, I sized the image in My Digital Studio to the size I wanted, and printed it onto a piece of Whisper White card stock. Then, I trimmed the image to the finished dimensions that I wanted and colored it in using the Many Marvelous markers. I layered it onto a piece of Poppy Parade card stock (a new In-Color) and attached it to the card using Stampin' Dimensionals. The card base is Not Quite Navy, the accent piece is Sahara Sand that was run through the Big-Shot using the Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, available in the Summer Mini Catalog. The Father's Day stamp is a retired stamp (it fit the area that I needed) and is from last years mini catalogs, And Many Mower.

Hope I've inspired those of you who still have Father's Day cards to make.

It's a MDS Monday

For today's post, I'm showing a card I made using My Digital Studio.

Stampin' Up! released a new download for MDS, the "Go, Graduate Plus". With this download, it makes for easy card making, and scrap-booking too!

MDS Mini Box

Did you know that you can do more with the My Digital Studio program than just scrap-book pages and cards? This little box, is a new download available for the My Digital Studio program (or your existing digital scrap-booking software). You can find this download, only $1.95 plus tax, on my Stampin' Up! website.

I designed the entire project on my computer, adding the designer series paper, embellishments and all. Then, I saved it and printed it out on Whisper White card stock on my printer. After printing, cut out the box and assembled it. If I had wanted to, it would have been very simple to add the ribbon and brads, etc. after printing and assembling the box.

Day 25 Christmas Post

Merry Christmas!

I had seen quite some time ago the idea of using digital software to create a calendar that goes into a CD jewel case. The stamp club that meets at my home made CD calendars last year that we stamped. With the launch of My Digital Studio, I was thinking how I could do the same idea, but use the computer instead. Well, I've figured it out!

This is the cover for when the CD case is closed. I used a 5"x5" scrapbook page format and Icicle Photo kit download. For the cover, I trimmed the printed page and mounted it to a piece of Night of Navy card stock.

The pages are made using a brand-new download, Calendar Basics Kit and Calendar Grid Basic Kit. The beauty of using the stamp grid, is it can be resized to fit in the 5"x5" page. The numbers are just done by adding text, then copying and pasting to keep everything in the correct proportions. And, unlike last years pages that were bulky and sometimes difficult to insert in the case, these pages are completely flat!

What a great gift idea!

Well, I'll be showing more pages after I take a break over the next few days from blogging. It's been fun and challenging to post every day through Christmas. Thanks for joining me, and I hope you'll stop back by soon and often.

New Blog Banner

You should notice that I have a new blog banner. I made it using the new My Digital Studio software that will be available for purchase starting October 1st!

This software is absolutely wonderful for putting together those scrapbook pages in a flash, not to mention tons of other projects that can be made using it. Here's one I did tonight with photos of my dogs from this past Christmas.